Chapter 22: Thoughts on the Sea of Snow
The matter of judging and eating seems to have passed peacefully, and judging it does not dare to worship Emperor Hui. Emperor Hui was reluctant to worship Empress LĂź.
At the end of October, thunder rumbles, peach and plum blossoms, and jujube trees bear fruit. Empress Lu was shocked, thinking that the bad omen were all caused by himself, worried about a serious illness, Emperor Hui came to Changxin Palace to see twice, and in the future, he asked the queen Zhang Yan to stay in Changxin Palace to take care of his mother, and he used the excuse that the national government was busy staying in Weiyang Palace, but he did not want to make any waves with Lv Hou.
In the middle of November, Chang'an ushered in the first snow, only one afternoon to pile Chang'an city into silver, the palace up a tree hanging, very beautiful, no one appreciated. At night, the snow is still falling, quiet and beautiful, just like the immortals falling from the sky quietly and gracefully, and it is even more crystal clear under the illumination of the dark yellow palace lamp. Emperor Hui was sleepless in the Jiaofang Palace, although he was in the bed, his eyes were staring at the top of the palace, and he listened to the sound of the snow stepping on by the people in the eunuch palace outside. Emperor Hui let out a long sigh. Zhang Yan, who was sleeping inside, suddenly turned over, put her arm on Emperor Hui's chest, and her whole arm was exposed to the cold. As soon as Emperor Hui touched Zhang Yan's hand, it was very cold, so he warmed her with both hands, covering Zhang Yan's slender jade hand, Emperor Hui knew in his heart that Zhang Yan had grown up, and she was no longer the five-year-old doll. Emperor Hui gently put Zhang Yan's arm back into her quilt, and covered her quilt tightly, for fear that she would suffer a little cold. Emperor Hui got up and put on a thick robe, and walked out of the Jiaofang Hall without lighting a candle, and a cold wind blew in his face, and Emperor Hui coldly put his hands to his mouth to blow hot air to keep warm. Standing at the gate of the Jiaofang Hall for a while, Emperor Hui looked at the snow that was indeed beautiful, so he involuntarily went down the steps to the west. I didn't see anyone along the way, and the quiet atmosphere made Emperor Hui extremely fond of it, and with the palace lights on both sides, Emperor Hui closed his eyes and walked to listen to the sound of 'creaking' snow under his feet.
I don't know how long I walked, I don't know how long I listened to Xuexue, but I unconsciously walked to the Red Pavilion where Jing Tian used to live, Emperor Hui stopped, looked at the lifeless and uninhabited house in front of him, and suddenly felt cold. Emperor Hui went up the stairs and pushed the door in, and the dust on the deadbolt fell on him, he had never been to this house, but he knew that Jing Tian had lived in the Red Pavilion. The house had been unoccupied for a long time, and it was a little gloomy. Emperor Hui lit the only oil lamp left on the case, as if the house had gained some popularity at this time, and the oil lamp could not illuminate the whole house. There was a treasure on the side of the oil lamp, and it was covered with dust. Emperor Hui opened the treasure, and a lonely earring came into view, and the picture of meeting Jing Tian for the first time clearly appeared in Emperor Hui's mind. Emperor Hui recalled intoxicated for a long time, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face, Emperor Hui picked up the earrings in the treasure and looked at them carefully, and then gently put the earrings on his waist.
The door of the Red Pavilion was open, and the snow was still falling outside. Hui Di'an sat on the mat and quietly looked at the heavy snow outside, remembering that she had been waiting for her outside the Yuzao Palace, even if the wind and snow were heavy, and seeing Jing Tian with a lantern appear, Hui Di smiled in his heart. At that time, Hui Di took her hand and ran with her in the snow, and the robe behind Ren was filled with cold wind, but the two smiled when they looked at each other; There are two lines of deep and shallow footprints in the snow. When Emperor Hui thought of that day, he only had a serene and indifferent smile on his face. The candle flame was blown by the wind outside the door, and a little snowflake entered the door. Emperor Hui has always hidden one of the most beautiful things in his heart, that is, when it snowed in Chang'an last year, he kissed Jing Tian on the cheek. Jing Tilt is the first woman that Emperor Hui has contacted, and it is also Emperor Hui's favorite woman so far, although there is no expression of love, he knows that Jing Tilt is also like him, and the two of them are tacit, but they can only be affectionate and polite.
For almost an hour, Emperor Hui stayed in the Red Pavilion, silently reciting the nowhere to be seen. It was probably getting colder and colder, and Emperor Hui sneezed so hard that he wrapped his robe tightly. When Emperor Hui got up and went out, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a bauhinia flower planted in the corner of the red pavilion, and Emperor Hui walked quickly to the corner, but saw that all the bauhinia flowers had withered, and he was afraid that he would not be able to save it again. Emperor Hui could think that Jing Tian must have taken care of the bauhinia very carefully at that time, and often watered and pruned it, but Jing Tian was gone, and the bauhinia also withered. Emperor Hui was a little sad, looked at the withered bauhinia and walked out of the Red Pavilion in the wind and returned to the Jiaofang Palace.
On the second day, Emperor Hui instructed the eunuchs to move the withered redbud in the Red Pavilion to the greenhouse hall, and neither to plant a new redbud nor to water it, but to bring it as it was, and put it there for good preservation, and no one was allowed to move it. Zhang Yan saw that there was a withered bauhinia in the greenhouse hall, but no one watered it, and kindly took the kettle to water it, the palace eunuchs stopped her, Zhang Yan was puzzled, it happened that Emperor Hui came in at this time, Zhang Yan asked Emperor Hui about it, Emperor Hui saw that Zhang Yan was still urinating and fooling her, "Huo De Xingjun fell into a dream, the greenhouse hall was made of wood, suspected of fire, put a withered bauhinia to suppress it." Zhang Yan nodded trustingly and instructed the palace people to take care of the withered bauhinia. Emperor Hui took a long breath, thinking that it was his recklessness and frivolity that harmed the innocent Jing Tian, and now he can only keep some things about her as a miss.
The next day, someone reported to Emperor Hui that Zhou Chang had died in Pei County two months earlier. Emperor Hui's heart sank, and his eyes were even more dazed and lost, and he told himself in his heart that Zhou Chang had been unhappy for more than three years, and he had almost survived three years in deep self-blame, because Liu Ruyi was killed by Empress Lu, Zhou Chang was unwilling to serve Empress Lu in the court, and he didn't want to participate in the government anymore, and he had no shame to see Emperor Taizu Gao in Jiuquan, so he suffered in self-blame. Emperor Hui stood at the door of the main hall, quietly looking at the snowfall, and could only sigh at the sky with his own sigh for some things in the world that he was powerless to change. A gust of cold wind blew on Emperor Hui's face, he wrapped his body in a black robe and went down the steps, two lines of deep and shallow footprints on the snow, now no one can walk with him, only Emperor Hui is alone in the white snow to leave a black and lonely back. Suddenly, Emperor Hui's eyes went dark and he fainted in the snow......
When he woke up, it was the next day, Emperor Hui was in the greenhouse hall, and only the anxious Zhang Yan was accompanying him on the couch. Zhang Yan saw him wake up, grabbed Emperor Hui's hand and said, "Uncle Huang is awake, the palace people said that you passed out in the snow, and the queen mother was nervous." The Queen Mother guarded you all night and just went out to rest. Zhang Yan put her face on Emperor Hui's hand and said, "Uncle Huang rarely laughs now, and I can't be happy." Emperor Hui looked at the innocent and innocent Zhang Yan, squeezed out a smile forcefully, and gently touched her face to show comfort.
At this point, Emperor Hui was in poor health, often coughing, unable to lift his spirits all day long, unwilling to communicate with others, and often locked himself in a closed and dimly lit hall, which was more than ten days. Zhang Yan and Empress Lu couldn't do anything about it.
Heavy snow falls from the lunar month to the first lunar month. After a long time of accumulation, Empress Lu also had unhappiness in her heart, and she couldn't get used to seeing anyone, so Emperor Hui hid in the dark room and didn't worship her. It happened to be after the trial of its upper performance, saying that the city wall of Chang'an had not yet been completed, and it was a leisure time at this time, so it was better to send 145,000 male and female migrant workers within 600 miles of Chang'an to Chang'an to build the city, and the construction period was 30 days. After a little thought, Lu Hou played accurately. This matter reached Emperor Hui's ears, and he was very displeased. Although Emperor Hui was also trying to build Chang'an City, he was not willing to give instructions from Empress Lu, and he was always worried.
After building Chang'an City for thirty days, Emperor Hui did not go to inspect once, and still spent only in the black house every day. However, Empress Lu inspected three times, looking at the city wall that was about to be built, and his heart was mixed, from the first emperor Liu Bang to the present, he has repeatedly built the city wall no less than three times, and this time he was unhappy with Emperor Hui because of this matter. Lv Hou was also reluctant to come, but Emperor Hui didn't want to talk to her, and he didn't go out of the palace to appease the people who built the city, so Empress Lu went out of the city instead of Emperor Hui to pacify, and promised them, after the city wall was built, they were all rewarded to the people, and each household was at the level.